American in Norway

When I was little...our summer vacations were about 3 months long & we spent pretty much EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. at the swimming pool.... We loved it.. thats what we did... (I don't remember being bored...) Sometimes if we were LUCKY, one of our parents would drive us down to ASTROWORLD for the day... & some summers we would make the 17 hour trek to my grandfather's HOG FARM in Ill... & catch the 4th of July parade... (in a town of maybe 900 people it was always a BIG deal....) BOY are summers now, WAAAAAY different than I remembered..... Last night Dane got a call from his godfather who wanted to know if he wanted to go sailing for the next few days... After 2 weeks of CRAPTASTIC weather.... (seriously...rain,rain & more rain & hi ghs in the 50's) The sun FINALLY popped out & they were headed to sea...did he want to go.... OH YEA!.... SO I packed little Thursten Howell up & sent him to sea for a few days of swimming, sun, seafood.... What a summer t...

The post of random questions... Stick with me, cause maybe there is something you can help me with...(lucky you!) MAY is such a crazy month... it is full of Holidays & ...birthdays... This week not only do we have school plays, but 3 birthday parties... along with 17 th of May (Norway's National day...- more about that next week..) So now, mommy has to make a mad dash to get gifts bought...clothes picked out... birthday party planned (Dane's next week) & the family vacation planned... I have a million random questions going through my head... maybe something you can help me with? (lucky you!) EXPAT QUESTION: 1.) Anyone know of any 4Th of July celebrations in the Berlin area? (told you they are RANDOM questions...) We will be kicking off our GRISWOLD- ish vacation in Berlin... Thought it would be nice if we could celebrate 4Th of July this year... Oslo has a big thing every year for the Americans .. thought maybe the Germans might have something too? (last year we blew...